Boy found wandering the streets of a Kentucky neighborhood claims to be kid who went missing from Illinois in 2011 after his mom was found dead with a suicide note saying he’d ‘never be found again’
- Two detectives have been summoned to the Cincinnati area, after a 14-year-old boy found wandering the streets allegedly claimed to be Timmothy Pitzen
- The boy is said to have told police he been kidnapped since 2011 and confessed to be Pitzen. Police say it ‘could be a hoax’
- He was taken to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital where he will await the arrival of investigators, who will work to determine his identity
- Pitzen vanished without a trace on May 11, 2011, after his mother picked him up from Greenman Elementary School and took him on a three day holiday
- Mom Amy Fry-Pitzen was later found to have committed suicide, leaving behind a note to insist her son was safe but wouldn’t be seen again
Two Chicago police detectives have been summoned to Cincinnati, after a 14-year-old boy found wandering the streets allegedly claimed to be Timmothy Pitzen, an Aurora boy who disappeared in 2011.
The boy is said to have told police he was kidnapped in 2011 and confessed to be Pitzen, according to WKRC-TV.
He was taken to a local hospital and later transferred to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital where he will await the arrival of investigators.
On Wednesday afternoon Aurora Police Sgt. Bill Rowley said that the department knows there is a boy involved but they don’t know who he is or if he has any connection to Timmothy Pitzen.
Pitzen vanished without a trace on May 11, 2011, shortly after being dropped off at Greenman Elementary School by his father
His mother, Amy Fry-Pitzen(left), 43, took him on a three-day holiday, visiting the zoo and several water-parks before she was found dead inside a Rockford motel room, having comitted suicide
‘We have no idea if this is Timmothy Pitzen,’ Rowley said. ‘We don’t know if it’s a hoax. Obviously, everyone’s hopeful, but we have to be super judicious.’
Pitzen vanished without a trace on May 11, 2011, shortly after being dropped off at Greenman Elementary School by his father.
The boy, who was just 6-years-old at the time, was later picked-up by his mother, Amy Fry-Pitzen, who took him on a three-day holiday, visiting the zoo and several water-parks before she was found dead inside a Rockford motel room.
An autopsy confirmed that Fry-Pitzen, 43, had killed herself by slashing her wrists. A suicide note left behind by the mother stated her son was safe but would never be found.
Timmothy was described as a four-foot two-inches, 70-pound boy with brown hair and brown eyes in missing persons reports at the time. A age processed image (right) predicts what he may look like now
The last known images of Pitzen and his mother were captured on CCTV, checking out of the Kalahari Resort, in Wisconsin Dells
The last known images of Pitzen and his mother were captured on CCTV, checking out of the Kalahari Resort, in Wisconsin Dells.
He was described as a four-foot two-inches, 70-pound boy with brown hair and brown eyes in missing persons reports at the time. This year would mark his 14th birthday.
Timothy’s grandmother, Alana Anderson, says she hopes the boy found by police in Kentucky turns out to be missing Pitzen, but admits she isn’t getting her hopes up.
‘Don’t want to say anything until I know for sure. I just don’t want to comment until I know for sure, praying it’s him and he’s okay,’ she said to CBS.